With Valentino Rossi returning to the fold after two years in the wilderness at Ducati, Yamaha have decided to take steps to avert losing too much track time. Both Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi will take to the track at Valencia on Tuesday morning, before packing up at some point during the afternoon and heading north to Aragon, to join a group of World Superbike riders at a test there on Wednesday.

The decision to remain at Valencia on Tuesday is due to the massive media and fan interest in seeing Rossi return. With Italian and Spanish TV carrying live coverage, Dorna providing live streaming over the internet, and masses of photographers and journalists still assembled at Valencia, as well as a number of media commitments for Yamaha staff, the Japanese factory will have to stay on Tuesday morning. By moving to Aragon for Wednesday, the team hope to maximize dry track time for Lorenzo to work on the 2013 bike, and for Rossi to get a feel for the Yamaha M1 once again.